Geometry, Relativity and the Fourth DimensionCourier Corporation, 8. juni 2012 - 160 sider This is a highly readable, popular exposition of the fourth dimension and the structure of the universe. A remarkable pictorial discussion of the curved space-time we call home, it achieves even greater impact through the use of 141 excellent illustrations. This is the first sustained visual account of many important topics in relativity theory that up till now have only been treated separately. |
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Rudolf Rucker. CONTENTS 1 : The Fourth Dimension 2 : Non - Euclidean Geometry 3 : Curved Space 4 : Time as a Higher Dimension 5 : Special Relativity 6 : Time Travel 7 : The Shape of Space - Time Conclusion Annotated Bibliography 1 17 36 57 ...
... " higher - dimensional " thoughts ? Why would it be difficult for him to communicate these thoughts to his fellow Flatlanders ? 2 NON - EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY And then along came Sphere. 16 GEOMEtry , Relativity and the FOURTH DIMENSION.
Rudolf Rucker. 2 NON - EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY And then along came Sphere . As the executioner began to shove the " blade " of the guillotine home , A. Sphere fastened himself to a point between A. Square and the " blade " and began pulling ...
... Euclid's definition : " A circle is a plane figure contained by one line such that all the straight lines falling upon it from one point among those lying within the figure are equal to one another . And the ... Non - Euclidean Geometry / 19.
... non - Euclidean space , and hence space is Euclidean ( i.e. , satisfies the Fifth Postulate ) . The argument that space is a creation of our own minds is an interesting one ; the idea is that we cannot see or imagine seeing anything ...